Patents by Inventor James J. Headen

James J. Headen has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4225085
    Abstract: Disclosed is a shower head dispenser for bath oil and the like which includes a body member with an axial bore adapted for insertion between a shower line and a shower head. The body member has two longitudinally spaced apertures or transverse bores in its side wall which communicate between the axial bore and a detachable oil container. It has a dam extending transversely across the bore. One of the apertures intercepts the axial bore at the crest of the dam, and the other aperture intercepts the axial bore upstream of the dam. The oil container has an integral valve stem thereon which seats in the end of the downstream transverse bore, and metering is achieved by rotation of the container. When water passes through the axial bore of the body member, the greater pressure at the upstream bore or aperture forces oil out of the container through the downstream bore or aperture into the axial bore at the dam, where it mixes with water enroute to the shower head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 30, 1980
    Assignees: James J. Headen, Warren D. Abbott, Jr.
    Inventors: James J. Headen, Warren D. Abbott, Jr., Clifton G. Hampton
  • Patent number: 4121773
    Abstract: Disclosed is a shower head dispenser for bath oil and the like which includes a body member with an axial bore adapted for insertion between a shower line and a shower head. The body member has two longitudinally spaced apertures in its side wall which communicate between the bore and a detachable oil container. A plug is rotatably mounted in the bore of the body. It has an axial venturi bore therethrough, and a pair of transverse bores, one of which intercepts the axial bore at the venturi throat, and the other of which intercepts the axial bore upstream of the throat. The transverse bores of the plug are registrable with the apertures of the body upon rotation of the plug. When water passes through the venturi bore of the plug with the transverse bores aligned with the apertures, the greater pressure at the upstream bore and aperture forces oil out of the container through the downstream bore and aperture into the venturi throat, where it mixes with water enroute to the shower head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1977
    Date of Patent: October 24, 1978
    Inventors: James J. Headen, Reginald H. Fowler
  • Patent number: D260808
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1981
    Assignees: James J. Headen, Warren D. Abbott, Jr.
    Inventors: James J. Headen, Warren D. Abbott, Jr., Clifton G. Hampton